E                  D        A               E
There used to be a subway right above your head
                         D          A           E
My father played for the passers-by on his violin
    A                  G#m              F#m             E
He burned that box for firewood and he laid his burden down
    D                A         E Esus E
Now I don’t have a father anymore

E                          D                 A               E
You can take your Norman Rockwells and your teenage billionaires
                           D                 A               E
With their panic rooms and time machines and vintage rocking chairs
    A               G#m        F#m             E
Oh when the moon is rising up behind the pyramids
 D              A            E Esus E
We could be in heaven or in hell

E         A      B        E       A        B
You could be my savior... I could be yours too
E            A        B                   E         A       B
They say the race is over but they don’t know about me and you
            E         A       B
They don’t know about me and you

  F#  E  B B  F# x4   


F#                    E         B                    F# 
So take this note to Memphis there’s a woman I once knew
F#                    E         B                    F# 
She’s buried in the catacombs you can lay it on her tomb
      B               Bbm                   G#m                F# 
She taught me how to take a punch and I’ve taken more than my share
    E               B          F# F#sus F#
Now I don’t have a mother anymore

F#                B    C#        F#       B        C#
Oh but you could be my savior... I could be yours too
F#            B       C#                     F#         B      C#
They say the race is over... but they don’t know about me and you
            F#         B      C#
They don’t know about me and you
           F# B C#                  F#    B C#
Well come on...      you can be my savior
              F# B C#                  F#    B C#
Oh baby, come on...     you can be my savior

      B                 Bbm            G#m             F# 
He burned that box for firewood... he laid his burden down
    E               B          F# 
Now I don’t have a father anymore